DISEASE: Bacterial canker
HOST: Tomato
Close-up of bird's-eye spots on green fruit.
Bacterial canker | Tomato
DISEASE: Bacterial canker
HOST: Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum)
PATHOGEN: Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Corynebacterium michiganense
SOURCE: A. Hayward
DISEASE: Bacterial canker
HOST: Tomato
Ripe tomato infected with Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis, which causes light brown lesions surrounded by white halos, and Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato, which causes small, black, raised lesions.
Bacterial canker | Tomato
DISEASE: Bacterial canker
HOST: Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum)
PATHOGEN: Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis
PATHOGEN SYNONYM: Corynebacterium michiganense
SOURCE: M. Schroth
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Cantaloupe
Cantaloupe field with severe destruction from bacterial wilt (left), less on right.
Bacterial wilt | Cantaloupe
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Cantaloupe (Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis)
PATHOGEN: Erwinia tracheiphila
SOURCE: L. Claflin
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Muskmelon
Severely diseased plants as noted by dying runners.
Bacterial wilt | Muskmelon
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Muskmelon (Cucumis melo)
PATHOGEN: Erwinia tracheiphila
SOURCE: M. Shurtleff
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Muskmelon
Wilt-devastated muskmelon field.
Bacterial wilt | Muskmelon
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Muskmelon (Cucumis melo)
PATHOGEN: Erwinia tracheiphila
SOURCE: M. Shurtleff
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Squash
Field with severe symptoms of wilt. Foliage often is chlorotic and leaf margins may be chlorotic and necrotic before plant death. Bacterial ooze may be seen streaming from the xylem when infected stems are cut.
Bacterial wilt | Squash
DISEASE: Bacterial wilt
HOST: Squash (Cucurbita maxima)
PATHOGEN: Erwinia tracheiphila
SOURCE: B. Jacobsen, M. Shurtleff